Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of proof is not proof of absence.
More William Cowper Quotes
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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